I don't know whether the debate of whether the best digital recordings (SACD or DVDA) are finally equal to LP sound is over.
My question is whether anyone ever did a careful comparison, say with a signal analyzer, of the number and balance of fundamentals and overtones in recordings of acoustic instruments or groups of instruments by these technologies. Of course my assumption is that if the acoustic "signature" was incomplete with digital that one could argue, as many have, that analog LP recordings still "sound better".
I don't have a stake in this; I am just a scientist that wonders if the experiment was ever run. I would guess that the original CDs were not a match but I wonder if there was a time when the differences were technically inaudible to human hearing.
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Topic - Analog vs Digital debate - BobH 22:35:24 02/25/15 (36)
- RE: Analog vs Digital debate - stehno 02:40:59 05/10/15 (0)
- debating a moving target ... - TBone 08:20:10 04/28/15 (2)
- RE: debating a moving target ... - jamestavegia@gmail.com 03:07:08 04/30/15 (1)
- RE: debating a moving target ... - jamestavegia@gmail.com 08:03:32 05/25/15 (0)
- RE: Analog vs Digital debate - jamestavegia@gmail.com 05:53:54 04/24/15 (0)
- RE: Analog vs Digital debate - flood2 18:46:56 04/14/15 (0)
- There's a debate? - madisonears 21:55:06 03/01/15 (8)
- Depends... - Vinyl Valet 11:06:46 03/05/15 (0)
- I don't think you're nuts. - mbnx01 14:17:38 03/02/15 (4)
- RE: I don't think you're nuts. - John Elison 16:40:03 03/02/15 (3)
- I don't think it's a preference for analog media - Dave_K 05:03:53 03/03/15 (2)
- Great points. Nt - Les Anderson 08:03:04 04/04/15 (0)
- Funny... - Vinyl Valet 11:25:31 03/05/15 (0)
- Agree 100%...... - Winston Smith 08:17:35 03/02/15 (0)
- RE: There's a debate? - BobH 23:43:11 03/01/15 (0)
- Vinyl asylum - sbrians 12:53:18 02/27/15 (3)
- RE: Vinyl asylum - BobH 08:59:37 03/01/15 (2)
- Classical - sbrians 12:39:55 03/05/15 (0)
- I am with you - G Squared 12:31:02 03/03/15 (0)
- RE: Analog vs Digital debate - vahe 06:38:25 02/27/15 (0)
- RE: Analog vs Digital debate - Disbeliever 04:37:37 02/27/15 (0)
- The bottom line is... - Ozzie 21:11:47 02/26/15 (2)
- RE: Yep - agree....Then just get yourself - DTB300 07:22:59 03/03/15 (1)
- Welcome back - Ozzie 21:05:19 03/03/15 (0)
- RE: Analog vs Digital debate - John Elison 19:56:01 02/26/15 (2)
- Where's that link John? - jeromelang 18:32:17 02/27/15 (1)
- RE: Where's that link John? - John Elison 20:15:14 02/27/15 (0)
- RE: Analog vs Digital debate - Chris R 16:32:52 02/26/15 (0)
- RE: Analog vs Digital debate - Fitzcaraldo215 08:14:40 02/26/15 (7)
- Almost - BobH 23:36:31 02/26/15 (4)
- There are way too many variables to measure - Jazz Inmate 18:07:12 03/01/15 (1)
- RE: There are way too many variables to measure - BobH 23:24:51 03/01/15 (0)
- Wait a minute! - BobH 11:39:56 02/27/15 (0)
- Just put on an old blue note LP and see the performer. - magicsam 08:16:52 02/27/15 (0)
- RE: Analog vs Digital debate - Chris R 17:20:56 02/26/15 (0)
- Wow - SO well stated [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 16:51:39 02/26/15 (0)